Manage your time and focus your business
The biggest problem that most people I talk to have is information overload. This is really easy to succumb to. To avoid it I have been re-visiting things that I know are stumbling blocks for me. By discussing them this should help you.
The first person who has really helped me in this respect is Marlon Sanders. His ezine consistently discusses the actions you need to take and what matters. You can see some of his best by signing up to get the Best Of Marlon Sanders ebook. It is a compilation of some of his best ezines. Then make sure you do what is necessary to make sure you see his ezine and read and apply what he talks about.
The second person that has helped me to get organized and focus on what is important is Robert Plank. His Time Management On Crack has allowed me to pay attention to the things that really matter, The items that will make a return but more importantly to get things done one at a time. Kill the multi-tasking. Keep the focus. Eliminate the outside items while working.
Finally my good friend Joel Osborne and his Twitter prodding with “Have you taken massive action today” tweets. You can follow Joel and have him prod you too.
All of this has caused me to take some of the following steps in just the past week.
I am sorting my email and using the unsubscribe links. If the person does not give me information I can use and I tend to ignore the email most of the time why am I on that list? Doing this has made a big dent on my inbox saving me time. Hey even if you are on my list and you don’t read it or it does not help you then unsubscribe. It removes clutter that stops you from doing the important things.
Create my four must do tasks each day. These do not include any maintenance tasks like email, the support desk, etc. but are 4 tasks that will actually help my business.
For example Thursday most but not all of my list was based around finishing Twitter Time Saver.
- Email about teleseminar with Doug Champigny on using Twitter and prep questions (Replay is available here.)
- Finish the sales page
- Create the download page
- Final edit of report
By getting those items done I was able to hold a successful teleseminar, review and test everything for Twitter Time Saver on Friday and launch it on Saturday. All of those tasks were focused on something that can earn me money. Too often we get busy on the 80% that don’t bring results.
Now the regular tasks will get done like my blog posts, answering support inquiries but taking the time to prioritize the things necessary to make money was the key.
So by focusing on a very specific few things and doing them to completion I am able to move things forward faster.
So my new goal is massive action on specific tasks each day that I work. What is yours?
Mike Paetzold
Related posts
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don't personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
May 31st, 2009 at 1:23 pm
This is actually a great testimonial for your Twitter Time Saver, Mike – I see far too many marketers spending far too much time on Twitter compared to the results they’re getting. Following your Twitter Time Saver instructions would free up enough of their time to get their 4 daily items done!
Doug Champigny´s last blog post..Powerful Free Downloads To Help Your Internet Marketing Business
May 31st, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Very well stated Mike.
Many of us in our community were finding
way too much Time wandering the Social Network Maze.
For years I have used the 3 NEW things to Day each day,
besides normal maintenance and clients who picked up
on that scheme have found their Businesses growing well
Thank you again for Positive Information and great job
with Twitter Time saver.
Chuck
Chuck Bartok´s last blog post..Walnut Farming, Network Marketing, Growing Your Business Re-visited
May 31st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Great advice Mike!
I do believe in taking massive action, and that with your 4 items to do each day list, that can create huge results for those that actually do it.
Joel Osborne´s last blog post..Your Twitter Time Saver
May 31st, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I like the idea of four must do tasks. I usually have 11, and then spend my time doing routine things, (including these past few weeks spending too much time on twitter) I am now doing better on Twitter as a result of your ebook, but still too easy to get wrapped up in routine and not enough on paying tasks.
By the way… is there any way to space out the rate at which Friend feeder passes items on to Twitter?
Earl Netwal´s last blog post..Twitter Tactics For Marketers
May 31st, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Very inspirational Mike and reason to tack action. Those are some good points you have brought up and to see how you put things in action is a great example of doing things right. Has also caused me to re-look at some of those links from the emails I get. May have to hit that delete button also. -:)
Andre Arnett´s last blog post..Boy, It Has Been A While…
June 1st, 2009 at 6:34 pm
It is easy to get into a state of information overload. But as you said outlining steps and staying focused are key to reaching the end result. Now what four task will set for tomorrow?
Lonnie Minton´s last blog post..Are You Into Affiliate Marketing?